en_tn/jhn/11/17.md

# General Information:

Jesus is now in Bethany. These verses give background information about the setting and about what has happened before Jesus arrived. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

# he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days

You can translate this in an active form. AT: "he learned that people had put Lazarus in a tomb four days before" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# fifteen stadia away

"about three kilometers away." A "stadium" is 185 meters. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])

# about their brother

Lazarus was their younger brother. AT: "about their younger brother" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Jesus is now in Bethany. These verses give background information about the setting and about what has happened before Jesus arrived. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])`

			`# he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days`

			`You can translate this in an active form. AT: "he learned that people had put Lazarus in a tomb four days before" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`

			`# fifteen stadia away`

			`"about three kilometers away." A "stadium" is 185 meters. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])`

			`# about their brother`

			`Lazarus was their younger brother. AT: "about their younger brother" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`